diff --git a/digdag-core/src/main/java/io/digdag/core/agent/ConfigEvalEngine.java b/digdag-core/src/main/java/io/digdag/core/agent/ConfigEvalEngine.java
index 820818e3f5..ddaa4d81ba 100644
--- a/digdag-core/src/main/java/io/digdag/core/agent/ConfigEvalEngine.java
+++ b/digdag-core/src/main/java/io/digdag/core/agent/ConfigEvalEngine.java
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ else if (value.isArray()) {
                 else if (value.isTextual()) {
                     // eval using template engine
                     String code = value.textValue();
-                    evaluated = evalValue(built, code);
+                    evaluated = evalValueRecursive(built, code);
                 }
                 else {
                     evaluated = value;
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ else if (value.isArray()) {
                 else if (value.isTextual()) {
                     // eval using template engine
                     String code = value.textValue();
-                    evaluated = evalValue(local, code);
+                    evaluated = evalValueRecursive(local, code);
                 }
                 else {
                     evaluated = value;
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ else if (value.isTextual()) {
             return built;
         }
 
-        private JsonNode evalValue(ObjectNode local, String code)
+        private JsonNode evalValueRecursive(ObjectNode local, String code)
             throws TemplateException
         {
             Config scopedParams = params.deepCopy();
@@ -236,7 +236,12 @@ private JsonNode evalValue(ObjectNode local, String code)
             }
             String resultText = null;
             if (isInvokeTemplateRequired(code)) {
-                resultText = evaluator.evaluate(code, scopedParams, jsonMapper);
+                String evalueted = evaluator.evaluate(code, scopedParams, jsonMapper);
+                while (!evalueted.equals(code) && isInvokeTemplateRequired(evalueted)) {
+                    code = evalueted;
+                    evalueted = evaluator.evaluate(evalueted, scopedParams, jsonMapper);
+                }
+                resultText = evalueted;
             }
             else {
                 resultText = code;
diff --git a/digdag-core/src/test/resources/io/digdag/core/agent/eval/basic.dig b/digdag-core/src/test/resources/io/digdag/core/agent/eval/basic.dig
index 44b521236d..5abe731452 100644
--- a/digdag-core/src/test/resources/io/digdag/core/agent/eval/basic.dig
+++ b/digdag-core/src/test/resources/io/digdag/core/agent/eval/basic.dig
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ a: ${timezone}
 b: ${a}
 c: ${a}${b}
 nested:
-  value: v
+  value: ${c}
 ref: ${nested.value}
diff --git a/digdag-core/src/test/resources/io/digdag/core/agent/eval/basic_expected.dig b/digdag-core/src/test/resources/io/digdag/core/agent/eval/basic_expected.dig
index 764f720227..04402de180 100644
--- a/digdag-core/src/test/resources/io/digdag/core/agent/eval/basic_expected.dig
+++ b/digdag-core/src/test/resources/io/digdag/core/agent/eval/basic_expected.dig
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ a: UTC
 b: UTC
 c: UTCUTC
 nested:
-  value: v
-ref: v
+  value: UTCUTC
+ref: UTCUTC